World leaders and governments react to U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran

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U.S. allies and adversaries responded to the associated attacks launched Saturday by the U.S. and Israel connected Iran, with immoderate of America's adjacent partners describing the concern arsenic "grave" and "perilous."

Below is simply a look astatine the latest absorption to the struggle that erupted Saturday betwixt Iran and the U.S. and its closest state successful the Middle East.

European Union

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called the "developments" successful Iran arsenic "greatly concerning."

She highlighted EU sanctions against Iran's authorities and its Revolutionary Guards, due to the fact that she said "ensuring atomic information and preventing immoderate actions that could further escalate tensions oregon undermine the planetary non-proliferation authorities is of captious importance."

But she besides said the EU has "consistently promoted diplomatic efforts aimed astatine addressing the atomic and ballistic programmes done a negotiated solution."

"We telephone connected each parties to workout maximum restraint, to support civilians, and to afloat respect planetary law," Von der Leyen said.

Kaja Kallas, the EU precocious typical for overseas affairs and information policy, said she has spoken with Israel's overseas minister, arsenic good arsenic different officials successful the region, and that "the EU is besides coordinating intimately with Arab partners to research diplomatic paths. Protection of civilians and planetary humanitarian instrumentality is simply a priority."

She said a European naval ngo successful the Red Sea was connected precocious alert and acceptable to assistance support the maritime corridor open.

Russia

Russia condemned the U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran.

"Washington and Tel Aviv person erstwhile again embarked connected a perilous people that is swiftly pushing the portion toward a humanitarian, economic, and perchance adjacent radiological disaster," Russia's overseas ministry said successful a statement.

"The sustained and systematic quality of the destabilising attacks, carried retired by the US medication against the cardinal principles of the planetary ineligible bid successful caller months, raises peculiar concern," the overseas ministry said. "We telephone for an contiguous instrumentality to a governmental and diplomatic track."

United Kingdom

A U.K. authorities spokesperson said: "Iran indispensable ne'er beryllium allowed to make a atomic limb and that is wherefore we person continually supported efforts to scope a negotiated solution."

The U.K. did not enactment successful the U.S.-Israeli onslaught connected Iran, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was scheduled to seat an exigency gathering of ministers aboriginal successful the day, the spokesperson said, adding that Britain was acceptable to support its interests successful the region, and that "we bash not privation to spot further escalation into a wider determination conflict."

France

French President Emmanuel Macron said "the outbreak of warfare betwixt the United States, Israel, and Iran carries sedate consequences for planetary bid and security."

Macron said France was acceptable to deploy resources to support its partners if requested.

"The ongoing escalation is unsafe for all. It indispensable stop. The Iranian authorities indispensable recognize that it nary longer has immoderate enactment but to prosecute successful good-faith negotiations to extremity its atomic and ballistic programs, arsenic good arsenic its actions of determination destabilization. This is perfectly indispensable to the information of each successful the Middle East. The Iranian radical indispensable besides beryllium capable to physique their aboriginal freely. The massacres perpetrated by the Islamic authorities disqualify it and necessitate that the dependable beryllium fixed backmost to the people. The sooner, the better," Macron said.

Canada

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said "the Islamic Republic of Iran is the main root of instability and panic passim the Middle East, has 1 of the world's worst quality rights records, and indispensable ne'er beryllium allowed to get oregon make atomic weapons."

Canada "supports the United States acting to forestall Iran from obtaining a atomic limb and to forestall its authorities from further threatening planetary bid and security," Carney said.

Oman

Oman's overseas minister, Badr Albusaidi, who was asking arsenic a mediator successful ongoing negotiations betwixt the U.S. and Iran implicit its atomic program, said helium was "dismayed."

"Active and superior negotiations person yet again been undermined," Albusaidi said. "Neither the interests of the United States nor the origin of planetary bid are good served by this. And I commune for the innocents who volition suffer. I impulse the United States not to get sucked successful further. This is not your war."

Kuwait

Kuwait, which is the tract of a large U.S. aerial basal targeted by Iran, condemned the "heinous Iranian attack" and said it had the close to support itself "in effect to this brazen aggression, successful a mode commensurate with the standard and quality of this usurpation and successful accordance with planetary law, and to instrumentality each indispensable measures to support its territories, its people, and the residents therein, portion ensuring the preservation of its sovereignty, security, and stability."

Qatar

Qatar, location to the U.S.'s largest subject basal successful the Middle East that was besides targeted by Iran, said the strikes were "a flagrant usurpation of its nationalist sovereignty, a nonstop battle connected its information and the information of its lands, and an unacceptable escalation that threatens the information and stableness of the region."

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasizes that the State of Qatar has been and remains among the archetypal to telephone for dialog with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and has advocated for continuing connected this rule arsenic the optimal instauration for addressing differences and resolving disputes done peaceful means, thereby sparing the portion the risks of escalation," Qatar's overseas ministry said successful a connection said.

Qatar called for "an contiguous halt to immoderate escalatory actions, a instrumentality to the array of dialogue, the prioritization of the connection of crushed and wisdom, and efforts to incorporate the situation successful a mode that preserves the information of the region, safeguards the interests of its peoples, and prevents slippage toward broader confrontations."

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